SOLUTION: arielle has a collection of grasshoppers and crikets.she has 561 insects in all. the number of grasshoppers is twice the number of crickets.find the number of each type of insect t

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Question 167252: arielle has a collection of grasshoppers and crikets.she has 561 insects in all. the number of grasshoppers is twice the number of crickets.find the number of each type of insect that she has
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grasshoppers will call g and crickets c
g+c=561
g=2c
take g's value in 2nd equation and plug it into the 1st equation.
%282c%29%2Bc=561---->3c=561 c=187
so g=2(187)=374
so 374 grasshoppers and 187 crickets